Question reference: S5W-35499
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 24 February 2021
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Current status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 9 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will reopen the Scottish Seafood Business Resilience Fund to support seafood processors who are unable to access the new Seafood Producers Resilience Fund.
Answer
The Seafood Producer’s Resilience Fund is a £6.45m fund to support those parts of the Scottish Seafood sector where the evidence is strongest of hardship as a result of the public health situation, and the impact, in the short term of EU Exit. By supporting these businesses we hope that they will survive, adapt to the new, tougher realities of trade outside the EU and participate in a sustainable recovery from Covid-19.
In order to ensure good value for money it is necessary to focus our funding on those areas where the need for support is greatest. We recognize, however, that there are ongoing challenges for the sector and will continue to consider the challenges to the sector and the wider support that may be required.